Top 60 Katie Piper Quotes

I feel like I’ve lived two or three completely different lives. At 33, I’m quite reflective and have the perspective you get in your old age when you have been through the losses of life.

I never watch anything live, I record all my programmes and have a real binge on a Friday night and watch them all.

I’ve got a shadow on the lung as a result of being in intensive care, so I find running quite hard. I breathe mainly through my mouth because my nose is damaged, so I keep swallowing flies.

What we put in our bodies can make us feel depressed or anxious, and it’s the same for fitness, I think it all joins up in this big circle.

I don’t want to be an ambassador for too many charities, because it’s a far stronger message to be a person with a disfigurement going about their life doing everyday things.

But if I go for a run somewhere, I feel the benefits of the endorphin release.

I enjoy looking good and love experimenting with my hair colour. I’ve just gone from blonde to brunette, and keep looking in the mirror and not recognising myself!

I had such a nurturing team of midwives looking after me with my first little girl, and their support gave me so much confidence as a mother.

When you’re on you’re way into work, hit up the WhatsApp, find out what people want, and bring in a real coffee for everyone. Trust me when I say they will all really appreciate it.

I was standing in the street with people walking past me and I could feel my face evaporating. I thought I was on fire as the acid ate at my skin.

Before I was attacked, I would write about the future – just goals, lists and plans. I’d scribble without depth or substance about the things I wanted to do with my life, whether short or long-term, and how I thought my future would be: a successful career in TV and modelling, marriage, a family.

Writing my first book, ‘Beautiful,’ was the time that I was able to write the truth of it – that I was despairing at times, that I got depressed and felt like I couldn’t cope. Writing became about being honest.

Anywhere, you’re going to get people who are ignorant or rude but it’s not the whole of society. I don’t think my life is doomed because I look like this.

Another good rule for social media, I find, is to never type and post. Instead, be sure to type, pause, think, and then post.

My book ‘Things Get Better’ has normalised the idea that it’s OK to fail and it’s OK to seek professional help from psychologists.

There’s nothing worse than saying the past is in the past, then dragging it into your kid’s life.

I was a torch carrier in the 2012 Paralympics and every time I thought ‘I can’t do this’ I would look at the blade runners and the athletes and wheelchairs think, okay, I can run.

If I’m not blessed with children of my own then I’d like to adopt one day – possibly a child from Pakistan.

It makes me very happy that people’s perceptions of what’s beautiful and attractive are gradually changing.

People always go on about me being an inspiration, which is nice. But it’s an unrealistic pedestal to be put on. There are other people out there who have had things happen to them, not just me.

I did weightlifting and bodyweight-focused exercises such as chin-ups, pull-ups and press-ups with my personal trainer.

At 24 I was a wannabe. I was not a ‘former TV presenter’ as everybody says – I was a young girl living on a wish, appearing on the roulette channel at 1 am and selling cordless kettles on Channel 953.

I was writing for myself, not to be published. I was writing diaries, even letters, to myself or to anyone I was angry at. Sometimes they weren’t to a person, they were just to the universe – a bit like penning daydreams or isolated thoughts.

I have been the beneficiary of donations in the form of human tissue and of a cornea which gave me sight when otherwise I would have none.

My life is written about as though I’ve had this idyllic ending. But a marriage is something you have to work at.

It’s true that looks do matter, but they won’t give you a long, successful career or a happy marriage.

I enjoy social media, but I don’t take it as gospel. Yes, it can make me feel insecure if I see my peers doing more than me. You have to remind yourself it’s a marketing tool, a facade, but that’s easier when you are older.

Have people like Kim Kardashian really fought their way to the top on their own? Or is that just the brand they want us to see. I don’t buy it. I think we flourish by working together.

I’ve had lots of opportunities to do things I’m passionate about and the things I care about and I feel that I can live in a world that doesn’t really accept people that are different happily.

I’m so lucky that I’ve always been able to laugh about things, even at my very lowest times.

I don’t have the answer to finding the balance because I think, well, maybe successful people don’t switch off.

Since the attack I have undergone over 250 operations to improve my physical functioning.

My perfect night in would be lots of bad food like biscuits and chocolate, and possibly an ice cold fizzy drink.

But like everyone else I’ve come to the sad realisation food banks are an all-too-common feature on the streets of Britain.

The trial of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has kept me fascinated and shocked in equal measure. But like many women, I was relieved this week when he was found guilty of culpable homicide after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

I will continue to need operations and therapy for life. For acid attack survivors, the aftermath is a life sentence.

I don’t want people to feel sorry for me or pity me – I want people to know that what got me through was human spirit and everyone has that in them.

There was a time when I’d resigned myself to never having my own family, so to fall pregnant with Belle was overwhelming.

In March 2008, when I was 24 years old, a man I had been dating arranged for an accomplice to throw sulphuric acid in my face.

I still have difficult days when I lose hours to anxiety, feeling my throat swell and my mind race with paranoid thoughts. But – thanks in part to ongoing therapy – they’re happening less and less.

Of course, I’d like to fall in love and get married one day – my brother has just got engaged and I’m thrilled for him – but I’m not obsessing about meeting someone.

I meet many inspiring individuals who have worked hard to rebuild their lives after an attack; however, it can be hard to stay motivated when the justice system does not always reflect the severity of these crimes.

What is kindness? For me, it is about treating people how you would want to be treated – but, with so many of us living out our lives on social media, it can be harder and harder to show compassion to those around us.

The important things for me are stability, consistency and love, and I have that through my family, so that’s a great place to be.

I would encourage anyone to keep a pad of post-it notes by their bed and write down small, achievable goals and celebrate those successes and that will give you confidence to create bigger ones and achieve them.

It’s one thing for your mum to tell you that you look OK, but she’s your mum and she has to tell you you’re beautiful. It’s not the same as a stranger telling you.

I’m self-sufficient, but it’s brilliant to have people in your life that you love, who love you and are important to you.

There were times after the accident when I felt very lonely – burns survivors can feel terrible isolation. I wanted to create something that connects us all together, so that was the idea behind the Katie Piper Foundation.

I was the victim of a violent attack in March 2008. I had sulphuric acid thrown in my face and was severely injured leaving me with loss of site in my eye and full thickness burns on my neck, chest, face and hands.

I have an older brother and younger sister and for the first few years I was quite a tomboy. We lived in a small village in Hampshire and my brother and I would climb trees and make dens.

I see it as someone who’s been burned doesn’t have to be put in this box where they can’t be glamorous – I try and live that vision all the time and push those stereotypes away. That’s all you can do.

The world is more competitive and social media drives this. It’s woman against woman when it comes to appearance, possessions and friendship circles.

I think the loveliest time in our house is probably a Sunday, because usually I don’t work, my husband doesn’t work, Belle’s at home and we’re all together enjoying each other’s company.

I was quite lonely because I didn’t have a boyfriend or many friends, so I started spending my weekends doing races. Then I progressed to a half-marathon and I actually enjoyed it!

It shouldn’t be down to charities to be the sole help for those who fall through the cracks.

My biggest hope for the future is that we’re successful in delivering the treatment to people through the charity and that burns just become something that happens in people’s lives but doesn’t make them a misfit in society and exclude them and stop all their dreams and ambitions.

My biggest source of inspiration is my mum.

But I like a challenge, anything I can’t do it inspires me to learn it.

I like to tell myself people look at me for all sorts of reasons. Maybe they’re staring because they’re shocked or maybe they recognise me from TV, or maybe they just like my shoes – especially women, because we all look at each other’s clothes and hair.